[Remote] Senior SoC Subsystem and I/O Architect - LPU
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. They are seeking a Senior SoC Subsystem & I/O Architect to establish the high-level architecture for next-generation AI and high-performance computing products, requiring extensive architectural expertise across SoC subsystems and uncore IPs.
Responsibilities
- Define high-level SoC subsystem architecture for LPU products
- Convert LPU product requirements into architectural specifications for uncore, IO, memory, firmware-facing, boot, reset, safety, fault tolerance, diagnostic, and power regulation subsystems
- Collaborate intimately with IP teams to develop detailed build documents for PCIe/CXL, NVLink/NVLink-C2C, UCIe, AXI/CHI, NoC fabrics, memory controllers, coherency blocks, MMUs/IOMMUs, boot, reset, and associated SoC infrastructure
- Specify subsystem behavior encompassing enumeration, capability discovery, configuration flows, sequence control of memory operations, data consistency, address mapping, interrupt handling, virtualization, error handling, and firmware/software-visible controls
- Build or guide functional and architectural models from specifications, using C++, SystemC, Python, or similar languages
- Use models to validate architecture intent, subsystem behavior, configuration sequences, and IP interactions before RTL or silicon is available
- Drive tradeoffs across bandwidth, latency, power, area, timing, scalability, reliability, security, debuggability, and software usability
- Review IP specifications, subsystem architecture documents, model behavior, verification plans, and validation strategies
- Collaborate with architecture, IP, firmware, software, RTL, verification, platform, and post-silicon teams to bring architecture decisions to completion
Skills
- BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience
- 8+ years of proven experience in SoC architecture, subsystem architecture, IO architecture, interconnect architecture, GPU/CPU architecture, accelerator architecture, or high-performance systems
- Strong understanding of SoC architecture and uncore subsystem development
- Extensive understanding of IO and interconnect cores including PCIe, CXL, NVLink, NVLink-C2C, UCIe, AXI, CHI, or NoC fabrics
- Experience working from product requirements to architecture requirements and IP/subsystem specifications
- Experience crafting functional models, architectural models, golden models, or C/SystemC models from architecture specifications
- Solid grasp of memory ordering, coherency, address translation, interrupts, virtualization, MMUs/IOMMUs, enumeration, configuration, and error management
- Solid knowledge of boot, reset, firmware handoff, capability discovery, security, RAS, debug, and power-management architecture
- Strong communication abilities and capability to harmonize architecture decisions across IP, firmware, software, verification, and product groups
- Hands-on experience with LPU, GPU, CPU, AI accelerator, chiplet, or multi-die SoC architecture
- Extensive knowledge in PCIe/CXL, NVLink/NVLink-C2C, UCIe, AXI/CHI, coherent fabrics, NoCs, or chip-to-chip links
- Extensive knowledge in formulating architecture specifications for advanced SoC subsystems
- Experience building executable functional models directly from product, architecture, or protocol specs
- Understanding of deep learning workloads, numerics, memory architecture, and bandwidth/latency tradeoffs
- Experience with boot architecture, reset sequencing, secure boot, RAS, debug, DFT, power sequencing, or post-silicon validation
Benefits
- Highly competitive salaries
- A comprehensive benefits package
- Equity
- Benefits
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